Hand bag



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`J. N. LOWE HAND BAG Filed June 9, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet l ATT'RNEY Feb.12, 1929. 1,702,953

J. N. LOWE HAND BAG v Filed June 9, 1925 5 Shees--Sheel 2 Feb. l2, 1929.

J. N. LOWE HAND BAG Filed June s, 1925 s sheets-sheet INVENTOR 1,sf/w/MZQWE k LLL ATTORNEY Panarea Feb. 12,1929.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH N. LOIVE, F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE DAISY PRODUCTS,INC., OF

NEW-YORK, N. Y., .A CORPORATION OF KEW YORK.

HAND BAG.

implication mea Tune e, 1925. seriai No. 35,846.

f The invention relates to a hand bag vintended primarily to receive aladys hat and also to hold such additional light Weight articles as aWoman might desire to carry with her on an automobile trip or the like.'Ihe bag is designed to hold a hat Without in any manner crushing it,andit is provided with a handle by which the bag may be suspended by thehand or hung about the wrist or sup- ]u ported by a hook or the like, inan automobile or on a railwaycar. The bag is also of such characterthatits appearance is in no manner objectionable Whether being carriedby hand or suspended in a limousine. The exterior fabric of the bag Willpreferably be of a fine grade of black oilcloth or Waterproof fabric,and the interior of the bag will preferably be lined with a colored orfigured Woven fabric of attractive character.

rIhe bag is preferably in the general form of a shallow drum, comprisinga peripheral Wall or band of suitable Width and side disks or Wallssecured at their edges to 'the edges of said band. At one side of thebag the peripheral band thereof preferably throughout nearly its Wholelength is of special construction and composed of tWo overlappingmembers adapted to be fastened together along one edge of the bag bysnap-fasteners or the like, for securing the bag in closed position,said construction and the relation of the said overlapping memberspermitting one of the side disks of the bag, when unsecured by saidsnap-fasteners, to be Wholly folded or turned outwardly for the purposeof opening the bag to admit or permit the Withdrawal of a hat or otherarticle, as here-- inafter more fully explained.

Since the bags are of flexible material and frequently placed flatvviseone upon another y on a. store Counter or the like for display purposes,I preferably insert Within the bags a strip of pasteboard or fibreboardor the like extending around the inner side of the peripheral band andconforming in outline thereto, as means for stiffening the peripheralportion of the bags and preventing the ,collapse of the bags when ondisplay or held in stock. I may insert the stiifening or reinforcingstrip between the outer layer and the lining of the peripheral band ofthe bag, or insert the same Within the bag to lie against said lining,having used both methods of reinforcement with success. The stiffeningor reinforcing means may be so arranged as to be removed in case oneshould desire a soft, flexible bag. In the bag of the present invention,however, I prefer to secure the stiffening means permanently to theperipheral band, thereby preventing the peripheral band from collapsingunder any condition of use or disuse. f

One feature of the invention is to arrange one side of the bag so thatthe end of the preferably cylindrical opening covered by this end of thebag may be Wholl or substantially Wholly open when the ront side Wall orside disk is folded back or upwardly from the Irain body portion of theperipheral band. In order that this mode of opening the bagmay besuccessfully practiced, means are employed for holding the flexiblematerial of Which the side Wall or disk side is composed relativelyVrigid or taut. The means I prefer to use for this purpose is anexpansion ring or hoop composed of spring material adapted to be placedagainst the front disk side and adapted to expand out- Wardly therebydrawing and stretching taut th'e material composingthe disk side and itslining. The disk side and `its lining are cut.

somewhat large so that Whenthe ring expands it forms a loop or roundcorner inL which the ring is buried from View when the disk side isfolded or turned back `from the peripheral band. A further feature ofthe invention is the employment of a similar expansion ring or hoop inthe rear side Wall or disk side so that the rear side of the bag will beheld stretched or taut. By employing stiffener or reinforcing strips forthe peripheral band of the bag and expansion ringsy for making theendwalls or disks taut after from relatively small gage piano Wire orthev like 'aSnd do not perceptibly add to the Weight of the bag. v

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter pre sented, reference being' had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

. Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofthe improved bag of the invention shownin closed condition and lying on itsrear side;

Fig. 2 is a like viewiof the same shown in open condition;

Fig. 3 is a view -similiar to Fig. 1 showing the bottom end of theperipheral portionzof the bag;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a modified form ofattachment between the cover side and the bottom end of the peripheralband;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view ofthe bag in upright position and restingon the bottom part of the peripheral portion of the bag;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section taken `along the line 6-v-6 ofFig. 7

Fig. 7 is a section taken along the line 7 7` of Fig. 6r; v l.

Fig. 8 is a detail showing the overla ping joint between the front endsof the rein orclng strips;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 showing the method employed insecuring together the i other ends of the reinforcing strips;

Fig. 10 is a section taken along the line 10--10 of Fig. 9; y

Fig. 11 is an enlarged vertical section of t-he bottom end of the bag;

Fig 12 is a section taken along the line 12-12 of Fig. 7;

-Fig. 13 is a section taken along the line 13-13 of Fig.` 12;

Fig. 14 is a detail showingthe method of attaching the auxiliary sectlonto thel main ody portion of the peripheral band ofthe Fig. 15 'is anenlarged section taken along the une 15-15 of Fig. 7;

. ance as' the linin Fig. 16 is a. plan o f one of the expansion ringsor hoops, and

F ig.'17 is an enlarged section-showing the method of fastening the endsof the expansion ring or hoop. 1

The improved vhand bag as illustrated in the drawings comprises aperipheral wall or band portion generally indicated at 20, a rear sidewall or disk side 21 (shown at the bottom in Fig. 6), and a front orcover side wall or diskside 22 (shown at the top in Fig. 6). The periheral band is preferably in the form of a cylJ are preferably in theform of disks, so that the completed bag is substantially in the form ofa drum. The peripheral band is provided with a lining 23 of suitable andattractive fabric and the disk sides 21 and 22 are provided with thedisk shaped linings 24 and 25 of fabric of the samekind'and appear- Theperiphera band 20 comprises a main body portion 27 which is continuousaround inder and the sides 21 and 22V the bag and consists of a singlestrip of fabric secured together by the row of stitchin 28 (Figs. 3 and7) at the bottom side of the ag. It will be understood that when theterms top and bottom and rear and front and their equivalents are usedin this description they have reference to the position of the bag whenit is held suspended by the handle or rests in an equivalent position,the handle portion of the bag being the top thereof,.`the opposite endof the peripheral band being the bottom of the bag, the disk side 21being the rear side of the bag and the disk 22 being the front or coverside of the bag. The peripheral band comprises in addition to the mainbody portion 27 which is of substantially the full width of the bag, anauxiliary section 30 which is arrangedto overlap the free edge 31` ofthe main body portion 27 and preferably passes almost entirely aroundthe free edge 31, as can be seen by reference to Figs. l and 3. Theauxiliary section 3() of the peripheral bandsiscarried by the outer edgeof the front section 30 and secured thereto by a row of stitching.

The free edge 31 ofthe main body portion of the peripheral band definesthe mouth of the 'bag which is closed when the front or Y cover diskside 22 is placed thereon, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. To secure theseparts together to hold the bag closed I provide the buttons orsnap-fasteners generally indic'ated at 33 comprising. the shank parts 34(Figs. 2, 4) secured in the main body portion of the peripheral band andprojecting radially therefrom andthe hole parts 35 formed 'in thedepending tab portions 36 of the auxiliary band section 30. Forconvenience I provide a single button at the top of the bag and twobuttons at the bottom side of/ the bag, as may be seen on reference toFigs.` 1 and 3. Vhen the parts of the buttons are freed from each other,the front or cover side -22 may be turned or folded upwardly or ut-Wardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, to open l the mouth of the bag toreceiveahat or other article or to permit the removal from the bag ofthe hat or other article, and thereafter the mouth of the bag may beclosed by re- CII 3l of the band which constitutes the mouth-- of thebag is entirely uncovered,-thereby affording ready access to the wholeinterior of the ba This result is attained by providing eit er arelatively short hinge section 38 between the bottom part of the freeedge 3l of the band portion 27 and the front or cover' side 2,2, asshown in Fig. 3; or by entirely disconnecting the side 22 from the freeedge or rim 31 of the band 27 andrnsing the tabs 36 secured by the twobuttons 33 to the bottom side ofthe peripheral band as the hinges uponwhich the cover side 22 pivots in folding or turning the side22outwardly or upwardly from the peripheral band, as shown in Fig. 4.`Either arrangement provides a satisfactory hinge connection between thecover side 22 and the band pairt of the bag. Where the hinge section 38is employed, the side 22 is secured to the bottormpart of the free edgeor rim 31 of the band portion 27 in the manner shown in Fig. l1, inwhich it will be seen that the band portion 27 with its lining 23 andthe side 22 with its lining 25 are folded or flanged inwardly at thecorner edge of the bag and secured together by sewing. Preferably afolded strip 39 enclosing a cord 40 is interposed in the seam betweenthe facing inturned edges of theband and the side 22 as a finish to thebag. f.The raw inturned edges of these parts are covered by a binding41which is folded over the inturned edges and secured thereto by a lineof stitching.

Where the hinge 38 is employed as the pivotal connection between thecover side 22 and the cylindrical part of the bag, the cover side isheld against the cylindrical part when the bag is closed7 by means ofthe three buttons, the one at the top and the two at the bottom, as willbe understood on reference to Iig. 2, in the same manner in which Vthecover side is held secured to the cylindrical part of the bag when thetwo bottom buttons are used as the hinge means between the cover sideand the cylindrical part of the bag. In both instances the cover side 22is held in properrelation with the other part of the bag when the bag isopen, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. by means of the two stop strips 37secured at' one end tothe cover side and interposed in the seam-betweenthe cover side and the auxiliary section 30, and secured at the otherend to the inside of the front margin of the band portion 27.

The length of the hinge 38 is the length of the space between the ends42 of the auxiliary band sec-tion 30, as shown in Fig. 3. The auxiliaryband section 30 is secured to the cover side 22 by 'folding or Hanginginwardly the front edge of the auxiliary band section 30 and the edgesof the side 22 and its lining 25, as shown in Fig. 15, and securing themby a line of stitching. To add finish to this part of the bag the foldedstrip 39 enclosing the cord 40 is continued entirely around the side 22.and is interposed in the seam between the inturned edges oftheauxiliary band section 30 and the side 22 and secured therein by a lineof stitching. The folded strip 4l enclosing the inturned edges at' thehinge section 38 continues around the interior of the side 22 to coverthe inturned edges between the band section 30, the side 22 and thefolded strip 39.

In order that the front or cover disk side 22 may not collapse or sag inany manner when the bag is open `I provide means for holding thefiexible material of which the side 22 is composed taut or stretched.For this purpose I preferably employ an expan sion ring or hoop 43formed from a length of relatively small piano wire or the like and bentinto ring or hoop form. On one end of the ring 43 I fix a sleeve 44 inwhich the other end of the ring 43 fits loosely so that the ring may becontractedwhen placed in the cover side 22 and then permitted to expandto stretch out and hold taut the material composing the cover 22 and itslining 25. The spring ring 43 may be placed against the lining 25 and bepermitted to expand outwardly, but I prefer to interpose the spring ring43between the side 22 and its lining 25 so that it will be hidden whenthe bag is open. The material of which the side 22 is composed is cutalittle larger in diameter 5than the outside diameter of the cylindricalpart of the bag so as to permit the spring ring when it expands to forma corner or loop for itself in front or above the joint between thestrip 39 and the auxiliary section 30.

The circumferential edge of the rear side 47 in the seam between thefacing inturned adjacent edges of the disk side 2l and the band portion27 as a vdesirable finish to this portion df the bag. The raw inturnededges of these parts are covered by a folded binding strip 48 which issecured to the inturned edges by a line of stitching.

The rear disk side 22 with its lining 24 is held taut or stretched inthe same manner in which the front or cover disk side 22 is held tautorv stretched, namely by employing an expansion `ring 50 (Figs. 6andgll) which is exactly the same in construction and ar-V rangement andmode of operation as the expansion ring 43. In using Athe expansion ring50, however, to stretch out and hold taut the rear side 21 and itslining 24, I prefer 'to and the lining 25. The ring 50, however,

although it overlies the lining 24 is buried behind the joint formedbetween the inturned edges of the side 21, the bod portion 27 and thefolded strip 46 and so hi den from View when the bag is o en.

In the back seam at t ie top of the b-ag joining the disk side 21 andthe body portion 27 of the handle together.

together is interposed and secured one-end of a flat handle strip 52,and in rthe corresponding front seam at the top of the bag joining thedisk side 22 and the auxiliary band section together, is interposed andsecured one end of a tab or short handle strip 53.` On the free end ofthe strip 52 is m'ounted the head part 54 of a snap-fastener'and on thefree end of the tab 53 is mounted the shank end of the snap-fastener bywhich these'parts are detachably ,secured together so as to create ahandle by which the bag may be carried or be suspended. In place of thesnap-fastener an suitable means may be employed 'for detachably holdingthe two parts When it is desired to open the bag the handle strip 52will be freed from'the tab 53 and the main body portion 27 of the`peripheral band will be freed from the cover side 22 and the auxiliaryband section 30 by disconnecting the snap-fasteners 33, thereupon thecover side 22 may be turned backwardly or upwardly, as shown in Figs. 2and 4, to expose the entire interior of the bag, the flexibility of thehinge 38 and the tab portions 36 of the section 30 of the-bag shown inFig. 4 permitting this mode of operation. A desirable feature of theconstruction here pre-4 sented resides in the fact that the mouth of thebag is closely adjacent to one side thereof and that the main bodyportion ofthe Iband 20 may be in one piece or strip and present asubstantially smooth surface, these features adding to the appearanceofA the bag and also decreasing the cost of manufacture.

For convenlence of the user of the bag in carrying Hat articles such asstationery, time tables -and even articles of apparel, there is providedin the lower part of the bag a pocket formed by a semi-circular piece offabric Awhich is preferably of the same character and color as thelining of the peripheral band and side disks. The side edges of thesegmental pocket piece is conveniently folded and turned inwardly withthe side edges of the rear disk 21 and its lining 24 and secured by thelines of stitching to the folded strip 46 and the inturned bottom edgesof the body portion 27 of the peripheral band andits 1inlng 23, asclearly shown in Figs. 6 and 11. The straight edge 66 of the segmentalpocket piece is turned under as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and secured b aline of stitching. When the bag is provi ed with the segmental pocket 65which provides a pocket space between the pocket member and the adjacentpart of the lining 24 of the rear side 21, it will be observedthatone-half of the expansion ring 50 rests on the outer edges of t-hepocket plece and that one-half of the expansion ring rests on the outeredges of the top portion of the lining 24 of the side 21.

The improved bag thus far described presents a convenient,- commodious,durable and attractive hand bag, but I preferably stiifen or reinforcethe cylindrical part or peripheral band 27 by means of ai stilening ofreinforcing strip or strips. One singlestrip entirely passing around theentire circumference of the bodyportion 27 of the peripheral bandsatisfactorilyjstiifens the band, ut I prefer to use two strips forconvenience of manufacture. For this urpose I-leave a transverse slit 57(Fig. 7) 1n the lining 23 of the band body portion.27 and across the bagin the opposltes'ide thereof I provide a transverse 'row of stitches 58(Figs. 2 and 6) extending from the top edge or margin 31 downwardly. Ithen insert the stiifeningstrip 59 provided at its forward end with thenotch or shoulder 60 between the lining 23 and the part 27 at the top ofthe bagl and force the strip around until the shoulder 60 encounters therow of stitches 58. I then insert the stiiening strip 61 provided at itsforward end with the shoulder 62 between the lining 23 and the part 27at the bottom of thebag and force it into placeuntil the shoulder 62encountersy the row of stitches 58. When the parts are in this positionthe front ends of the strips 59 and 61 overlap as shown in Fig. 8. Ithen secure the two other ends of the strips together by means of therivet 63. In order that the lining 23 at the slit 57 may not ravel out Ituck in the end of the lining over the free end of the strip 61and'secure it thereto by meansof a rivet 64` as shown in Fig. 10. By'reference to Fig. 7v it will be'seen that the bottom buttons 33 alsopass through the lining 23. the reinforcing strips 59 and 61 and thefabric of the body portion 27 of the peripheral band. l

The two buttons 33 at the bottom end of the bag are so spaced withrespect to the distance they project outwardly from the outer surfaceof'the'body portion of the peripheral band, that when the bag isplaced'upright on its bottom end, as shown in Fig. 5, the two bottombuttons 33 rest on the floor or other support and thereby `hold the bagin upright position, much in the manner in which the two legs ofan-alarm clockhold itin upright position. It will be understood thatWhile the bag is in this position it also rests on the bottom end of therear disk side 21, so that the two bottom buttons 33 and the bottom end68 of the rear disk side constitute a tripod by which the bag is held inits upright position. The ba may or may not also rest on the bottom en69 of the front disk side 22, depending upon the relationship of the twobottom buttons 33 thereto.

I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention but1t will be understood that I am not to be limited to all of the detailsherein referred to since these details admit of modification within thespirit and scope of the invention as defined' by the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire I to secure by Letters-Patent,is:

l. A hand bag of the character described comprising, a peripheral band,a rear disk side seamed at its edge to the adjacent edgef of theperipheral band, a front disk side of flexible material for covering thefront open space enclosed by the peripheral band, a handle, said bandcomprising a main body portion extendin continuously entirely around theinterior o the bag and an auxiliary section carried by the front diskside and extending substantially entirely around the edge thereof, themain body portion having a free edge along the auxiliary section and theauxiliary section being arranged to overlap the free edge of the bodyportion, means for detachably securing the auxiliary section to the bodyportion, and means for pivotally connecting the front disk side with thebod portion so that the front disk side may be odily turned outwardly toexpose the entire interior of the bag, and means for holding taut theflexible material composing the front disk side.

2. A hand bag of the character described comprising, a peripheral band,a rear disk side of flexible material seamed at its edge continuouslyaround the adjacent edge of the peripheral band, a front disk side offlexiblematerial having a pivotal connection with the o'ther edge of theperipheral band to permit it to be bodily turned outwardly, a handle,said band comprisinga main body portion extending continuously entirelyaround the interior of the bag and an auxiliary section carried by thefront disk side vand arranged to overlap the adjacent part of the mainbody portion of the band, and means for holding taut the flexiblematerial composing the rear and( front disk sides.

3. A hand bag of the character described, comprising, a peripheral bandconsistingof a main body portion extending continuously entirely aroundthe interior of the bag and an auxiliary section extending substantiallyentirely around the bag and arranged to overlap one edge of the band, arear disk side seamed entirely around its edge to the adjacent edgeportion 'of the band, means for holding taut the flexible disk sides,means for stii'ening the peripheral band and a handle.

4:. A handr bag'of the character described comprising, a peripheral bandconsisting of j a main bodyportion extending continuously entirelyaround the interiorof the ba and an auxiliary section extendingsubstantially entirely around the bag and arranged to overlap one edgeof the body portion, a rear disk side seamed entirely around its edge tothe adjacent edge of the main body portion of the band, a front diskside seamed almost entirely arund its edge to one edge of the auxiliarysection so that whenI the front disk side is turned upwardly from thebag it exposes the entire interior of the bag, both disk sides offlexible material, a pivotal connection between the front disk side andthe body por'- tion, an expansion ring for holding taut the rear diskside, an expansion ring for holding taut the front disk side, and ahandle.

5. A hand bag of the character described comprising, a peripheral bandconsisting of a main body portion extending continuously entirely aroundthe interior of the bag and an auxiliary section extending almost whollyaround the bag and arranged to overlap one edge of the body portion, arear disk side seamed entirely around its edge to the adjacent edge ofthe body portion, a front disk side of flexible material seamed almoste11- tirely around its edge to one edge of the auxiliary section so thatwhen the front disk side is turned outwardly from the bag it exposes theentire interior of the bag, a pivotal connection between the front diskside and the main body portion permitting the front disk side to beturned outwardly from the body portion, an expansion ring for holdingtaut the material composing the rear disk side, an expansion ring forholding taut the material composing the front disk side, stiifeners forreinforcing the body portion of the peripheral band, and a handle. i

6. A hand bag' of the character ,described comprising, a peripheral bandconsisting of a main body portion extending continuously entirely aroundthe interior of the bag and an auxiliary section arranged to overlap oneedge of the body portion, a lining for the peripheral band, a rear diskside having a lining seamed entirely around its edge to the adjacentedge of the body portion of the band, a

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to support the bag in upright position.

l front disk side and the main body portion olf.`

7. A hand bag of the character described comprisin a peripheral band inthe form of a cylin er, front and disk sides for closing the open endsof the cylindrical portion of the bag, fastener means forvdetachablysgcuring one of said sides in closed, position to the c lindrical ortionof the bag, such detacha le disk side bein adapted to bodily openoutwardly, ahand e at thetop side of the cylindrical portion of the bag,`there being some of said fastener means at the curved bottom end of thec lindrical portion of the bag which with the atter fastener means act8. A hand bag `ol? the character described comprising, a peripheral bandconsisting of a main body portion extending continuously entirely aroundthe interior ofthe bag and an auxiliary section arranged to overlap oneedge of the body portion, a fabrifrear disk side seamed to oneedge ofthe body portion of a the band, a fabric front -diskside seamed to oneedge of the auxiliaryf section, a pivotalA connection between lthe frontdisk side and the body portion of the band permitting the front side tobe turned outwardly from the bag to expose the entire interior thereof,means for stiffening the bodly1 portion of the peripheral band, meansfor olding taut the fabr1c composing the front and rear disk sides, anda handle.

9. A hand bag of the character described comprising, a peripheralband'consisting of a main body portion and extending continuouslyentirely around the interior of the bag, an auxiliary section arrangedto overlap apart of the front edge of the body portion,y a rear. diskside seamed around its edge to the adjacent edge of the main bodyportion, aV front disk side seamed to one edge of theauxiliary section,a handle secured to the top of the bag, and a pivotal connection betweenthe bottom side of the body ortion of the peripheral band and the ottomportion of the front disk` side permitting the front disk side to beturned back from the peripheral band far enough to entirely exose theinterior of the bag, and means for etachably securing the front diskside to the body portion of the band, a portion of such means beingarranged at the bottom side of the body portion adjacent said pivotalconnection to support the bag in upright position with the handleuppermost, the pivotal `cover with the body connection being independentof the detachable means.

10. A hand-bag of the character described, comprisingl a cperipheralwall, a rear side wall seamed at its edge to the adjacent edge of theperipheral wall, a front side wall of flexible material for coveringtheopen space enclosed by the peripheral wall, a handle, said peripheralwall comprising a main body portion extending continuously entirely 4around the interior of the bag and an auxiliary section carried by thefront side wall and extending along the ed e thereof, the main bodyTportion havin a ree edge along the auxiliary section an the auxiliarysection being arranged to overlap the free edge of the body portion,means for detachably securing the auxiliary section to the body portion,and means for ivotally connecting the front side wall w1thv the bodyportion sothat the front side wall may be bodily turned outwardly toexpose theentire interior of the bag, and means for holding taut Y theflexible material composing the front side Wall. 11. A hand-bag,comprising a body and a cover of flexible material, the cover includinga side wall and an outer edge section which laps over the adjacent edgeof the body when the bag is closed, the cover and @its outer sectionbeing connected by an inwardly-extending seam along the corner'of thecover, an expansion ring between the 'seam and such side wall to holdthe side wall' taut, and means for pivotally connecting the -12. -A handbag of the character described, comprising a peripheral wall consistingof a main body portion -of flexible material extending entirely aroundthe interior of the bag and an auxiliary section of unstill'encdflexible material extending around the bag and arranged to extend snuglyover the body portion at one edge thereof, a rear side wall securedentirely around its edge to the. other edge of the body portion, avfront side wall secured at its edge along one edge of the lexibleauxiliary section to provide a cover, means for connecting the coverwith the bod portion to ermit the same to be turned back to expose -t eentire interior of the bag, continuous stiiening means of strip materialextending along the inner surface of the flexlible .body portion,andmeans including fastranged to extend snugly over the body por tionatone edge thereof, a rear side wall secured entirely around its edge tothe other edge o the body portion, a front Aside Wall secured at itsedge along one edge of the flexible auxiliary section to provide acover, means for connecting the cover with the body portion to permitthe same .to be turned back to expose the entire interior of the bag,con- 10 tinuous stiening means of strip material extending along theinner surface of the flexible body portion, spaced tabs depending fromthe auxiliary section, and mutually engaging fastening members betweenthe tabs and the body portion for holding such cover in-closed position.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto alix my signature.

JOSEPH N. LOWE.

